iPhone 16e Review: 4 Months Later - Everyone Got it Wrong!
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The iPhone 16e is Apple’s most affordable and stripped-down model, and while some might say it lacks key features, I actually think it’s a solid option for the everyday/casual user. Sure, MagSafe is missing and it only has one camera lens, but there's a lot more that it DOES have than it doesn't have. So here are my thoughts after spending 4 months with the iPhone 16, including one month as my primary device. Enjoy!
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0:00 Everyone hated on the iPhone 16e
0:24 Such a clean design
0:55 Durability
1:24 The missing button (and the one I use often)
1:51 No MagSafe. Dealbreaker?
2:45 The display dilemma
3:33 My biggest issue with iPhone 16e
4:45 I really miss this…
5:41 Incogni
6:49 The sneaky 2-in-1 camera
8:15 Don’t expect the best in the world
8:51 I really missed this, though
9:44 Performance & Apple Intelligence
11:00 How long will it last?
11:36 Why I recommend it over the 15
11:55 Battery Life surprised me
12:47 The only phone with Apple’s C1 modem
13:53 Why this could be the best phone for you
14:42 Everyone got this phone wrong
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It’s the GQ Friendship Quiz, as we put Kai Cenat and Fanum’s friendship to the test. Where did Kai Cenat and Fanum meet? What’s Fanum’s dream stream? What’s Kai’s favorite snacks? Watch to find out the answers to all these questions and more, as Kai Cenat & Fanum ace GQ’s Friendship Quiz.
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Was Kubrick’s death part of a cover-up? Did he avoid filming in New York because someone had warned him? And is Eyes Wide Shut actually based on a real secret society tied to the global elite? Today, we’re going to break down every one of these mysteries.
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - More than a movie
01:58 - The call
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Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the 1926 novella Dream Story (German: Traumnovelle) by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's setting from early twentieth-century Vienna to 1990s New York City. The plot centers on a doctor (Tom Cruise) who is shocked when his wife (Nicole Kidman) reveals that she had contemplated cheating on him the previous summer. He then embarks on a night-long adventure, during which he infiltrates a masked orgy of a secret society.
This week Anthropic gave Claude a major update that lets you create Claude-powered apps using Artifacts. There are new Gemini-powered tools for education out, OpenAI released a new Deep Research API, Adobe Firefly can generate audio now, and more. Enjoy!
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Windows provides native tools for formatting hard drives, such as Disk Management, File Explorer, and DiskPart. Alternatively, you can use EaseUS Partition Master Free, which enables quick and easy formatting of hard drives and partitions.Source
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The Buccaneers Season 2 is now streaming on Apple TV+ https://www.apple.co/_Buccaneers
In the first season of The Buccaneers, a group of fun-loving young American girls exploded into the tightly corseted London of the 1870s … setting hearts racing and kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. Now the Buccaneers are no longer the invaders — England is their home. In fact, they’re practically running the place. Nan is the Duchess of Tintagel, the most influential woman in the country. Conchita is Lady Brightlingsea, heroine to a wave of young American heiresses. And Jinny is on every front page, wanted for the kidnapping of her unborn child. All of the girls have been forced to grow up and now have to fight to be heard, as they wrestle with romance, lust, jealousy, births and deaths … themes consuming all women of any age, no matter what year it is. Last time we got a taste of England. This time we’re in for a veritable feast.
Written by series creator Katherine Jakeways, season two is directed by BAFTA Award winner William McGregor, DGA Award winner Rachel Leiterman, John Hardwick and Charlie Manton. Jakeways, BAFTA Award nominee Beth Willis and BAFTA Award winner Susanna White serve as executive producers. “The Buccaneers” is produced for Apple TV+ by The Forge Entertainment, a Banijay UK company.
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This Strawberry Rhubarb Lemonade blends rhubarb compote with fresh strawberries, lemon juice, and sugar to give you the drink of the summer. Great for keeping cool on a hot day! Vegan and Gluten-Free. #rhubarb #lemonade
It’s the GQ Friendship Quiz, as we put Kai Cenat and Fanum’s friendship to the test. Where did Kai Cenat and Fanum meet? What’s Fanum’s dream stream? What’s Kai’s favorite snacks? Watch to find out the answers to all these questions and more, as Kai Cenat & Fanum ace GQ’s Friendship Quiz.
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The sweeping layoffs announced by Microsoft this week have been especially hard on its gaming studios, but one Xbox executive has a solution to “help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss”: seek advice from AI chatbots. In a now-deleted LinkedIn post captured by Aftermath, Xbox Game Studios’ Matt Turnbull said […]
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AI is changing tech faster than most of us can keep up...
Tools are evolving. Roles are shifting. And the skills we used to rely on? Many of them are becoming outdated faster than ever.
So the real question is: how do you stay relevant when everything around you keeps changing?
This video is about exactly that.
Not how to learn more, but how to learn smarter.
How to adapt in a world where models are improving every few months, and what was “cutting-edge” two years ago might already be irrelevant.
Here’s what we get into:
📉 Why tech skills have a “half-life” and what that means for your career
⚙️ How to learn faster than AI is evolving (hint: it’s not just about reading more tutorials)
🧱 How to build a stack of transferable skills that grow with you
🔍 Why going deep in a domain is more valuable than ever
🤝 And how to work with AI tools, not feel replaced by them
Whether you’re an engineer, designer, PM, or just figuring out where you fit in the AI era, this is a roadmap for staying sharp, visible, and adaptable.
It’s not about knowing everything. It’s about being ready for what comes next.
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A lot of us have been talking about this and there's a LOT of anecdotal evidence to suggest that OpenAI will ship a model, publish a bunch of amazing benchmarks, then gut the model without telling anyone.This is usually accomplished by quantizing it but there's also evidence that they're just wholesale replacing models with NEW models.What's the hard evidence for this.I'm seeing it now on SORA where I gave it the same prompt I used when it came out and not the image quality is NO WHERE NEAR the original.submitted by/u/brainhack3r[link][comments]
Learn how to use a single HDMI KVM switch to share one keyboard, mouse, and monitor between a Windows 11 PC and a Mac Mini. Just press the button to instantly toggle between File Explorer and Finder without re-plugging anything.
Ploopy has announced another desktop accessory called the Ploopy Knob that can function like a control dial for adjusting volume, scrolling documents, or scrubbing through media on a computer. The Canadian company isn’t exactly a household name like Logitech, but Ploopy’s open-source peripherals offer a lot of customizability, and like its mouse and trackballs, you […]
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Hey homebuddies! Hope everyone's July is off to a great start :) lots of exciting stuff happening for my home, my life, and this channel so sit back, relax, and enjoy the video!! A bunch of fun home updates (including some fun home office upgrades), a quick trip to barcelona, and stick around to the end to get personal and catch up with me!
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Your phone, tablet and computer can only hold so much data and so before you realize it, you’re out of storage. So what do you do? You could go pay for cloud storage, but you’ll be paying every month for the rest of your life. You could buy external drives, and keep a box full of them like your parents or grandparents used to do with floppy disks, but managing them all is a pain. Or maybe there’s a better solution. A NAS. Something you can keep all your data in. So that’s what I’m gonna be doing today. We’re going to be taking this NAS Sync DXP4800 Plus provided by today’s sponsor UGREEN and turning it into my own personal cloud storage, streaming service, and even a smart home controller.
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Once upon a time in America, there was a tyrant. And Congress rejected him totally. The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but the Declaration was an enormous political innovation - in it, the country that became the United States of […]
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I walked into Blackdot's tattoo studio in Austin's east side on a sweltering May afternoon. After shaking my sweat-soaked hand, founder and CEO Joel Pennington led me up into an office building and opened the door to a small, three-room space. Critics have unflatteringly compared the studio to a sterile hospital room - a comparison […]
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 has been given the thinner, sleeker glow-up we expected, if leaked hands-on photos are any indication. The trio of images posted by leaker @Jukanlosreve seemingly show what the next-gen Galaxy foldable will look like in the real world from a few different angles. The new photographs mostly line up […]
Happy July, and welcome back to my weekly mobile game recommendations based on the most interesting games I playedandthat were covered on MiniReview this week. I hope you’ll find something you like :)Support these posts (and YouTube content + development of MiniReview) on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/NimbleThor<3This episode includes a fantastic adventure platformer, a fun tower defense strategy game, a new fantasy management game that mixes in auto battle combat, a stickman action platformer, a narrative-driven adventure game, a beautiful point-and-click adventure, a puzzle adventure game on Netflix, and a popular monster-catching RPG.New to these posts? Check out the first one from 269 weeks agohere.Let's get to the games:Oby Adventure [Game Size: 169 MB] (Free Trial)Genre: Platform / Adventure - Online + OfflineOrientation: LandscapeRequired Attention: Fulltl;dr review by NimbleThor:Oby Adventure is a very well-made 2.5D adventure platformer with incredibly varied gameplay, fantastic level design, and an overall casual difficulty mixed with tough optional challenges.Each level has us walk left and right, jump, dash, and stomp enemies to progress through various colorful areas full of platforming challenges, environmental puzzles, locked doors, tough obstacles, and secret areas.Most levels are split into multiple sections, and once one has been cleared, we jump into a box to get catapulted to the next area.From its gameplay to its animations and levels, Oby Adventure feels heavily inspired by old Nintendo games – and I love it. Not too unlikeDadish 3D.I also enjoyed the gameplay variety, with some levels taking place underwater, and others throwing us into a Mario Kart-like race or a quick skateboarding challenge.While the game isn't hardcore, the boss fights are decently hard, and finding all three hidden paws in each level is no easy feat, providing a good reason to replay levels.The level design is some of the best I’ve seen in a game like this on mobile. I especially love that we can occasionally see the next section of the level in the background, giving us a small taste of what’s to come.There’s also online multiplayer, but it’s being reworked in a future update. The biggest downside is that there are only three worlds of levels so far. But three additional worlds, online leaderboards, and a Time Trial mode are in development, according to the developer.The touch controls work well, but the game is best enjoyed with an external controller.Oby Adventure is free to try for the first world, after which additional worlds each cost $1.99. The worlds aren’t massive, but the game is a great one-of-a-kind experience.App Store:HereCheck it out on MiniReview (review score + user ratings)::Oby AdventureKingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD [Total Game Size: 1.13 GB] ($6.99)Genre: Tower Defense / Strategy - OfflineOrientation: LandscapeRequired Attention: Fulltl;dr review by Maya:Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD is a challenging tower defense strategy game that packs everything we’ve come to expect from the popular series while adding a neat new twist.We still build various towers on pre-defined spots along a road to defeat waves of enemies. But instead of only controlling a single main hero that can be freely moved around the map, we now control two at once.This introduces quite a bit of tactical depth as each hero comes with unique skills, and there are several hero combinations to explore.Controlling two heroes while also building and upgrading towers might sound hectic, but the gameplay is rather slow-paced, so I think most will be able to handle it.The most challenging aspect is that while our heroes must slay enemies to level up, blindly rushing them into large groups is a quick way to die. Dead heroes are on a cooldown for a while, so it’s important to avoid.We fight our way through 25 levels split across six colorful terrains, each with distinct enemies and bosses. Every level also features two bonus modes with extra challenges. And along the way, we grow stronger via a simple skill tree.The gameplay is mechanically well-built, providing a reasonable challenge for most players. However, later levels can start to feel long and slow as the number of waves and enemies increases. Players who like this relaxed pace should feel right at home.Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD is a 6.99$ premium game that includes 4 of 12 heroes and 10 of 15 towers, while the rest must be unlocked via iAPs. The game can be completed without the iAPs, but it’s unfortunate we get so few heroes in the base game.If you’ve enjoyed the previous Kingdom Rush games, you’ll likely love this one too.App Store:HereCheck it out on MiniReview (review score + user ratings)::Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TDKing's League II [Game Size: 2.72 GB] ($4.99)Genre: Strategy / Management - OfflineOrientation: LandscapeRequired Attention: Sometl;dr review by Maya:King’s League II is a fantasy management game where we recruit, train, and lead a team of fighters through short, auto-resolving battles to climb the ranks of a grand tournament.Outside of combat, the clean and simple gameplay loop has us train our units in class-specific stats, take on jobs for coins, and unlock new regions to recruit different fighters. The visuals are polished, and the expanding map provides a neat sense of progression.As a management strategy game, combat is fully automated, with little room for tactical input once the actual fight starts. And each unit’s single unchangeable skill rarely feels impactful. In addition, normal difficulty poses little challenge, and even team formation barely seems to matter. So I strongly suggest playing on a higher difficulty.Most systems are introduced very early on, long before they actually start to matter. This causes training, time management, and even recruitment to feel low-stakes for much of the early game. Some will enjoy this, while others might find it a bit boring.Recruiting from new regions is also disappointing, as the best units tend to come from story progression, not exploration. So for a good while, the strategic layer feels shallow.Thankfully, the game gets better in the late stages. Side-tournaments, dungeons, and job quests start to add real variety and challenge. Managing injuries and training also becomes more meaningful, and the systems finally start to click.There is also a Classic mode without the story, and a Crest mode with randomized elements.King’s League II is a $4.99 premium game.While it lacks depth early on, King’s League II is a chill, polished management RPG that eventually finds its footing. Stick with it, and there’s a rewarding experience waiting, especially for fans of light strategy games with a fantasy twist.App Store:HereCheck it out on MiniReview (review score + user ratings)::King's League IICollect or Die Ultra [Game Size: 220 MB] (Free)Genre: Platform / Arcade - OfflineOrientation: LandscapeRequired Attention: Fulltl;dr review by Alex Sem:Collect Or Die Ultra is a gory level-based stickman platformer where we collect coins, avoid a wide variety of deadly traps, and try to waste as little time as possible across a series of well-designed levels.The game takes place in a cruel detention facility that conducts sadistic experiments on its prisoners, forcing them to run through deadly obstacle courses full of spikes, saw blades, lasers, explosive mines, and other nasty stuff.Each course consists of 10 consecutive levels, which we must complete in one go. The overall time spent is used to calculate how well we performed and determine our position on the leaderboard.I enjoyed the game's retro 80s VHS-inspired visual style, dramatic music, smooth controls, humorous ragdoll physics, and top-notch animations.Quitting a course mid-run resets our progress, but since they take no longer than 10 minutes to complete, this isn’t a big deal. In addition, dying three times ends the course unless we watch an ad to continue.Collect Or Die Ultra monetizes via ads and a single $2.99 iAP to remove them and all other artificial gameplay limitations. Buying this essentially turns the game into a premium experience.The high difficulty level and limited retries won't suit everyone's tastes, but if you enjoy challenging platformers, be sure to check this one out.App Store:HereCheck it out on MiniReview (review score + user ratings)::Collect or Die UltraInua - A Story in Ice and Time [Game Size: 1.42 GB] ($4.99)Genre: Adventure / Story-Driven - OfflineOrientation: LandscapeRequired Attention: Sometl;dr review by Alex Sem:Inua - A Story in Ice and Time is a beautiful narrative-driven adventure game with simple gameplay but an engaging, mystical story.The game offers an alternative take on the story of “Franklin's Lost Expedition” - two English ships that sailed to the arctic regions of North America, got icebound in its treacherous waters, tried to reach the inhabited southern parts of the continent, and finally perished without a trace.Here, we follow the story of Simon Woodruff, a fictional member of Franklin's expedition, who initiated a mutiny and convinced the survivors to abandon the trapped ship. They miraculously encountered a group of local Inuit people, who joined them on a perilous journey for survival.The two other protagonists are a modern-day reporter who investigates the expedition's fate, and a young aspiring filmmaker from the 1950s. Somehow, the fates of these three people intertwine across generations, and it is our task to find the meaning of their collective quest.The gameplay isn’t exactly challenging, as we’re simply tasked with carefully observing low-poly 3D landscapes in search of clues, and then interact with the characters on site to hear their thoughts about said clues.We also have to constantly switch between time periods and even share clues between different characters, but overall, it's the story - not the gameplay - that is important here.I enjoyed the game's narrative presentation, atmosphere, and music, which come together to create a deeply immersive experience. If you, like me, appreciate high-quality storytelling, I recommend checking this one out.Inua is a premium game that costs $4.99 on iOS. It has no ads or iAPs.App Store:HereCheck it out on MiniReview (review score + user ratings)::Inua - A Story in Ice and TimeSunset Hills [Game Size: 1.98 GB] (Free Trial)Genre: Adventure / Point ‘n Click - OfflineOrientation: LandscapeRequired Attention: Sometl;dr review by marshmellxw:Sunset Hills is the mobile port of a beautiful point-and-click puzzle adventure game set in a universe run by dogs. Here, we play as Nico Grant, a retired soldier turned book writer, who is travelling around the land, reuniting with his old army friends along the way.The core gameplay has us tap or swipe to move Nico around various locations while chatting with other dogs, solving puzzles, and progressing the story.Immediately upon launching the game, we’re met with a flawless showcase of warm colors, smooth animations, and an incredibly cozy atmosphere. While this sometimes comes at the cost of visible framerate drops and minor visual glitches, it’s an outstanding example of a well-executed hand-drawn art style.The actual puzzles we solve are neat, but some of them may seem too confusing or difficult for new players. I personally had to check an online walkthrough a few times because I got stuck. It’s also sometimes tricky to correctly tap the spot or item we want to interact with, but at least the game claims to have external controller support.In addition, while the English translation is fine, it’s not without grammatical errors here and there. This didn’t negatively impact my experience, but the further you get into the game, the more frequent the errors seem to become.Sunset Hills is free-to-try on iOS, with a $8.99 iAP unlocking the full game.Despite the small errors, I had a blast playing this game, and I’m confident many others will too. There’s simply something about the game’s atmosphere that draws me in to take a closer look – and it’s most definitely worth that peek.App Store:HereCheck it out on MiniReview (review score + user ratings)::Sunset HillsPaper Trail NETFLIX [Game Size: 940 MB] (Netflix)Genre: Puzzle / Adventure - OfflineOrientation: LandscapeRequired Attention: Sometl;dr review by Alex Sem:Paper Trail is a beautiful hand-drawn puzzle adventure played on sheets of paper that we can fold in creative ways to form clever paths that lead us toward our goal.The game tells a fantastical story of a young girl who runs away from home to pursue her dream of attending university and becoming a scientist. On this journey, she travels across a series of captivating locations, bravely forging her path despite the hardships and challenges that await at every turn.Each location features several interconnected screens that we navigate in a turn-based manner by maneuvering around obstacles, scaling ladders, traversing bridges, opening doors, pushing rocks out of the way, and performing various other manipulations of the environment.But here's the twist: each grid of the level is drawn on a two-sided sheet of paper that can be folded both orthogonally and diagonally. Doing so reveals the other side of the paper and connects it to the rest of the level, forming new passages and interactive spots.It is incredibly satisfying to play with the physics of these paper levels and find unexpected solutions to our tasks.Throughout our adventure, we encounter quirky, entertaining characters. Some offer valuable assistance, others attempt to obstruct our journey, and a few are simply there to make us smile. While I didn't find the actual story particularly enjoyable, the way it is presented is truly marvelous.As we progress, the puzzles become increasingly complex and creative – so much so that you might need to look up a guide to solve especially the optional challenges, for which the game’s hint system offers no help. Fans of hardcore spatial puzzles will be delighted.Paper Trail is a Netflix-exclusive premium game.App Store:HereCheck it out on MiniReview (review score + user ratings)::Paper Trail NETFLIXEvoCreo 2: Turn-Based RPG [Game Size: 305 GB] ($4.99)Genre: Role Playing / Adventure - OfflineOrientation: LandscapeRequired Attention: Sometl;dr review by Maya:EvoCreo 2 is a good monster-catching RPG that draws clear inspiration from classic Pokémon games, but adds its own ambitious systems, some of which work better than others.The core gameplay has us explore a large pixel art world while battling and collecting 300+ Creos that each have their own stats, types, and skills.The turn-based combat with moves and passive abilities is very familiar, but I miss having some in-battle feedback like “Super effective!” when using the right types of moves. Paired with odd balancing where faster Creos often land one-hit KOs, fighting overall felt less strategic than I had hoped for.Each Creo can be leveled up and “prestiged” to higher ranks, but it’s a very grindy process. Raising a low-rank Creo to competitive levels requires hitting milestones, such as reaching level 165, and then prestiging to reset it back to level 5. So yes, progression is rather repetitive.Some high-ranking story Creos also outshine anything we can recruit ourselves.With no level cap on the Creos, PvP is a wild grindfest. But thankfully, ranked multiplayer is said to soon introduce a level 100 cap and prestige limit, which should shift the focus back to tactical planning instead of raw stat grinding.EvoCreo 2 is a $4.99 premium game with iAPs for a few quality-of-life improvements like teleporters, and a currency used to acquire higher-ranked Creos through a gacha shop. The game can be completed without the iAPs, but it’s strange to see shops in a premium game.The game still needs some refinement, especially in balancing and progression. But with that said, there’s a solid framework here that fans of classic creature collectors may enjoy, particularly if future updates keep improving the core systems.App Store:HereCheck it out on MiniReview (review score + user ratings)::EvoCreo 2: Turn-Based RPGNEW: Sort + filter reviews and games I've played (and more) on my mobile games discovery platform, MiniReview:https://minireview.io/Special thanks to the Patreon Producers Wrecking Golf, "marquisdan", "Lost Vault", "Farm RPG", and "Mohaimen" who help make these posts possible through their Patreon support <3*The newest mobile games (with gameplay) on my YouTube channel: *https://youtu.be/8wX-9SW4Z8o?si=j0PNTWf08xd8mwEQEpisode 250Episode 251Episode 252Episode 253Episode 254Episode 255Episode 256Episode 257Episode 258Episode 259Episode 260Episode 261Episode 262Episode 263Episode 264Episode 265Episode 266Episode 267Episode 268submitted by/u/NimbleThor[link][comments]
The new Fairphone 6 is smaller and more modular than older models in the series, but it’s just as repairable. The phone picked up a perfect score in iFixit’s teardown test, despite no longer offering tool-free battery replacements. It helps that the only tool you do need — throughout the phone — is a T5 […]
Diners at Waffle House no longer have to pay extra when they order eggs — the 24-hour breakfast chain is dropping its egg surcharge in a sign that egg supplies are rebounding.
Waffle House imposed the 50-cent-per egg surcharge back in February, when a widespread outbreak of avian flu forced the culling of tens of millions of egg-laying chickens and sent prices through the roof. It takes months for egg farmers to rebuild their flocks, but they are making progress — retail egg prices fell nearly 16% in the last two months, although they’re still up from a year ago.
Waffle House quietly dropped its surcharge in June, but waited till now to announce the move. In a social media post, the chain said “the egg surcharge is officially off the menu. Thanks for understanding!”
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A new research paper reveals that many popular AI agent benchmarks have serious flaws that can drastically over or underestimate AI performance by up to 100% in relative terms.Key Findings:SWE-bench-Verifieduses insufficient test cases - agents can pass without actually solving the coding problemsτ-benchcounts empty responses as successful on impossible tasks - a "do nothing" agent achieves 38% success rateWebArenahas string matching issues that allow agents to game the systemSWE-Lancerlets agents access and overwrite test files, achieving 100% success without completing tasksKernelBenchoverestimates GPU kernel correctness by 31% due to incomplete testingThe Solution:Researchers created the "Agentic Benchmark Checklist" (ABC) - a comprehensive framework for building rigorous AI agent evaluations. The checklist covers:Task Validity: Ensuring tasks actually test what they claim to testOutcome Validity: Making sure evaluation methods accurately measure successProper Reporting: Transparency about limitations and statistical significanceWhy This Matters:As AI agents become more capable and are deployed in real-world applications, we need reliable ways to measure their actual performance. Flawed benchmarks can lead to overconfident deployment of systems that aren't as capable as their scores suggest.When applied to CVE-Bench (a cybersecurity benchmark), ABC reduced performance overestimation by 33%, showing the practical impact of these improvements.Link to paper:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02825submitted by/u/goyashy[link][comments]
Bicycle phone mounts have been a regular part of my life in bike-obsessed Amsterdam ever since 2008, when I got my first phone with built-in GPS and turn-by-turn navigation. I've used dozens of mounts since, until they were either lost, broken, or stolen, or something better emerged. I could have saved a ton of money […]
Slate Auto’s American-made electric pickup — the one with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen — is no longer priced “under $20,000.” The increase is a result of Trump’s “Big, beautiful bill,” which will end the federal EV tax credits on September 30th when signed into law later today. That sub-$20,000 price for the Indiana-built pickup was a big […]
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I’ve been involved in making some upgrades to the environment I look after, getting things to the latest versions, software and hardware updates etc…I sort of feel like in 6 months the environment could be ticking over with minimal input from me.There will still be BAU tasks and future software and hardware upgrades to be done, but not as much work to get to where I’ll be in about 6 months time.submitted by/u/Mr_Dobalina71[link][comments]
EDITCorrection: Gigguk did not fully write this anime. He is the creator. See staff list belowGenre: Isekai based on Southeast Asian and Thai mythologyHe's been working on this for 2 years and it seems to be fully complete since he said it's fully voiced in Japanese. Japanese premiere on August 24, 2025.18 minute short film to be released on YouTube for free afterwards at an unannounced date both subbed and dubbed (main girl to be voiced by Sydsnap)Source: Live atAnime expoANNKey VisualCastthanksto/u/mr_beanozMikawa Haruna as RinIshige Shoya as DaichiStaff listthankstou/FierceAlchemistOriginal Work: Garnt ManeetaphoDirector: Yoshimitsu OhashiSupervising Director: Garnt ManeetaphoScreenplay: Megumi HosakaCharacter Design: Hanyu-Color Design: Natsumi WatabeArt Director: Sato TakaharaFilming Director: EOTA Filming teamStoryboard, Effects: Yoshimitsu OhashiGeneral Art Director: Hanyu-Animation Director: Marin InaiAnimation: studio daisyFilming: EOTASound: Ai AddictionMusic: Kevin PenkinAnimation: Studio Daisysubmitted by/u/notathrowaway75[link][comments]
Smoke is now streaming on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_Smoke
From Apple Studios comes "Smoke," a new series created, written, and executive produced by acclaimed author Dennis Lehane. Starring Egerton as arson investigator Dave Gudsen and Emmy Award nominee Jurnee Smollett as police detective Michelle Calderone, “Smoke” also features Rafe Spall, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Adina Porter, Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Greg Kinnear, Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo, and featuring a new song by Thom Yorke.
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